And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Micah
Minor ProphetsThen was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.
Job
WisdomEven to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis
Law / MosesHe hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahBeware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsIn his days did Hiel the Beth-elite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahWe acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahConcerning Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the first was Isshiah.
1 Chronicles
HistoryLet us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonAnd whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
Leviticus
Law / MosesSalute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesHow shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsBehold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
Matthew
GospelsBut Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
Exodus
LawAnd he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Keren-happuch.
Job
WisdomThen there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.
John
Gospels / JohnAlso he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth round about; and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about.
Exodus
Law / MosesSamaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.